Saint Demetrius of Alexandria | |
|---|---|
| Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria | |
 Bishop Demetrius | |
| Archdiocese | Alexandria |
| See | Alexandria |
| Papacy began | early 189 |
| Papacy ended | 9 October c. 224-232 |
| Predecessor | St. Julian of Alexandria |
| Successor | St. Heraclas of Alexandria |
| Personal details | |
| Born | c. 127 AD |
| Died | 9 October c. 224-232 Alexandria, Egypt |
| Buried | Baucalis, Alexandria |
| Denomination | Church of Alexandria |
| Residence | Saint Mark's Church |
| Sainthood | |
| Feast day | Coptic Church: 12 Ⲡⲁⲟⲡⲓ (Julian Calendar: 9 October) Catholic Church: 9 October[1] |
| Venerated in | Oriental Orthodox Church Coptic Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church |
| Papal styles of Pope Demetrius I | |
|---|---|
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| Reference style | His Holiness |
| Spoken style | Your Holiness |
| Religious style | Pope and Patriarch |
| Posthumous style | Saint |
Demetrius I (died 22 October 232), 12th Bishop and Patriarch of Alexandria. Sextus Julius Africanus, who visited Alexandria in the Bishoprice of Demetrius, places his accession as eleventh bishop from Mark in the tenth year of Roman Emperor Commodus; Eusebius of Caesarea places it in the tenth year of Septimus Severus.[2]